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Use of judgements and estimates
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Judgements And Estimates [Abstract]  
Use of judgements and estimates Use of judgements and estimates
The preparation of interim financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and
assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The significant judgements made by management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key
sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those described in the consolidated last annual
financial statements with the exception of the control assessment relating to the participation in Golden
Ocean Group Limited.
On March 4, 2025, the Company announced that it entered into a share purchase agreement with Hemen
Holding Limited ("Hemen") for the acquisition of 81,363,730 shares in Golden Ocean Group Limited
("Golden ocean") representing approximately 40.8% of Golden Ocean's issued and outstanding voting
shares at a price of USD 14.49 per share. Following the closing of the Share Purchase on March 12, 2025,
CMB.TECH holds 40.8% of Golden Ocean's outstanding common shares. As the remaining shareholdings
are widely dispersed and no contractual agreements are in place with other shareholders regarding
preferred voting rights, the shareholding of 40.8% is considered a majority shareholding. Based on voting
patterns at the three most recent shareholder meetings, it can be concluded that, following completion of
the share purchase on March 12, 2025, CMB.TECH holds significantly more voting rights than any other
shareholder or organized group of shareholders, resulting in de facto power through voting rights. The
Company has assessed that control has been obtained in accordance with IFRS 10 as of that date,
Consequently, Golden Ocean was fully integrated as a subsidiary within CMB.TECH's consolidated
accounts.
Measurement of fair values
A number of the Group's accounting policies and disclosures require the measurement of fair values, for
both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities.
The Group has an established control framework with respect to the measurement of fair values. This
includes a valuation team that has overall responsibility for overseeing all significant fair value
measurements, including Level 3 fair values, and reports directly to the CFO.
The valuation team regularly reviews significant unobservable inputs and valuation adjustments. If third
party information, such as broker quotes or pricing services, is used to measure fair values, then the
valuation team assesses the evidence obtained from the third parties to support the conclusion that such
valuations meet the requirements of IFRS, including the level in the fair value hierarchy in which such
valuations should be classified. Significant valuation issues are reported to the Group Audit and Risk
Committee.
When measuring the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Group uses market observable data as far as
possible. Fair values are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used
in the valuation techniques as follows.
Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability,
either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).
Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable
inputs).
If the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability might be categorized in different levels
of the fair value hierarchy, then the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the same level
of the fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement.
The Group recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting
period during which the change has occurred.
Further information about the assumptions made in measuring fair values are included in the following
notes:
Note 8 - Assets and liabilities held for sale and discontinued operations and
Note 18 - Financial Instruments
Note 24 - Business Combination
Note 25 - Investments